CVE-2018-5236

lowpriority · track · 21EPSS 0.011 · 64 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.05% (64th) EPSS

CVSS 3.5 · low

Is it mine?

4 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

Symantec Endpoint Protection prior to 14 RU1 MP1 or 12.1 RU6 MP10 may be susceptible to a race condition (or race hazard). This type of issue occurs in software where the output is dependent on the sequence or timing of other uncontrollable events.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.3

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.5–5.3

v2.03.5lowAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 6.8 · impact 2.9

v3.05.3mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.6 · impact 3.6

v3.04.9mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-362USprimary

affected products (4)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Symantec Corporation Symantec Endpoint Protection≤ Prior to 14 RU1 MP1 or 12.1 RU6 MP10enisa_euvdEU
symantec endpoint protection≤ 14.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec endpoint protection= 12.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec endpoint protection= 14.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2018-06-20modified 2026-06-17

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references (7)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.SYMSA1454.html cnnvd
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104198 enisa_euvd
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041180 enisa_euvd
https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.SYMSA1454.html enisa_euvd
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104198Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041180Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
https://support.symantec.com/en_US/article.SYMSA1454.htmlVendor Advisorynvd

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